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Photos of El Salvador

Lake Ilopango is a crater lake that fills a volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, immediately east of the capital city San Salvador. Quetzaltepec is the stratovolcano just west of the city. Its last eruption in 1917 sent lava flowing down the northwest flank and evaporated the crater lake. Image courtesy of NASA.

Introduction

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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 153

Area - comparative

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Area comparison map

People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

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2023 population pyramid

Median age

comparison ranking: total 143

Population growth rate

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Birth rate

comparison ranking: 90

Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 105

Tobacco use

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Education expenditures

comparison ranking: 111

Environment

Revenue from coal

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Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 96

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 141

Labor force

comparison ranking: 113

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 36

Public debt

comparison ranking: 20

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 83

Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

comparison ranking: 103

Debt - external

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Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 125

Railways

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Roadways

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Waterways

comparison ranking: 96

Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Military expenditures

comparison ranking: 114

Transnational Issues